Can some one help me with my essay? I need 3 effects that WWII had on 20th century?

Question

1)Use of atomic bomb introduced the Nuclear warfare
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Answer 1

It depends what effects you define as being caused by World War II. For instance, the development of radar was greatly accelerated by the Second World War, but it would have happened anyway, and indeed the initial discoveries were in the mid 1930s.

The discovery of nuclear fission of course took place before the Second World War and might have lead to nuclear weapons anyway. However, physicists had some qualms about this so progress would at least have been much slower. There would have been no Manhattan Project. So yes, the atomic bomb was probably one effect.

Secondly, people have suggested the end of United States isolation. I agree. Perhaps I can point out a concommitant of that, the end of colonisation. The Second World War led directly to the loss of the Dutch East Indies, because they were occupied by the Japanese (the Dutch did briefly go back before independence in 1947). Although most British and French colonies, mainly in Africa, were not occupied, Britain (particularly) and France lost the power to maintain them afterwards, and the United States made sure they did not regain it, notably at the time of Suez in 1956.

A third effect of World War II was the Jewish holocaust, with all its implications (including acceleration of the creation of Israel, with all its subsequent consequences). Sadly, there have been many instances of genocide through history. However, the Jewish holocaust was uniquely awful in its industrialisation of genocide through planned railway transportation and gfas chambers. This probably would not have happened but for the War: Hitler's earlier ideas were to expel the Jews to somewhere remote like Madagascar, which he could not do without the necessary sea access. Memories of the holcaust had huge efects on attitudes towards race and human rights in the second part of the twentieth century, ones that we must not forget.

Can I have a fourth pick (perhaps you could combine this with isoloationism)? The Second World War led to the creation of the United Nations. It may not have been a great success at the highest political and military level, but at least nearly every nations belongs, which is more than its League of Nations predecessor. And behind the scenes it was accompanied by the development of indispensible international organisations such as the World Health Organisation.

Answer 2

2) The seeds were sown for the feminist movement that began in the 1960's--women in World War II went to work in a number of nontraditional jobs, such as welders (my own grandmother was one), bus drivers, and served in sizeable numbers in the military. While most of the women in uniform were in positions such as typists, secretaries, clerks, and nurses (and do some research on the fall of Corregidor to get a feel for how the nurses there suffered), the Army Air Corps (now the US Air Force) was on the cutting edge in utilizing women as aircraft maintenance mechanics and in other jobs usually filled by men.

After the war they were expected to turn the jobs back over to the men, go home, and have babies. Some women didn't really like this idea of having no proper sphere apart from the home, and fought for the right to have careers and be taken seriously in the workplace.

3). A college education became no longer the privilege of those who had the money for it. The GI Bill sent swarms of veterans back to school, many of whom were the first in their families to obtain a post secondary education.

This also played a role in the growth of the suburbs and the commuter culture--people began leaving the cities and moving to new developments, trying to get away from the problems of urban life, and the higher paying positions for which college qualified them made living in a cramped apartment a handicap to people wanting to move up the corporate ladder, where entertaining was almost a requirement.

Hope I've given you some ideas--once you start pondering these, I'm sure you'll come up with more of your own.

Answer 3

How about the evolution of air power. Before the war people thought of Battleships as the true representation of national power. This war saw the first widespread of air power. Jet planes produced by Germany first saw service. The Airplane became the leading indicator of national strength. The foundation of Rocketry was laid (what put the Russians into space) Large scale static defenses became obsolete with the defeat of the Maginot line and Singapore,

Answer 4

*) The Nazi atrocities led to the creation of the state of Isreal, which led to the Arab-Isreali conflict that is still with us today.

*) It introduced the concept of war crimes and led to the first international tribunal for those trials (the Nurenburg trials)

*) It led to the creation of the UN (as a matter of fact, the victorious nations of WWII are permanent members of the UN security counsil, a situation that many are starting to depate).

*) The war led to the depletion of the power of most European powers and was followed by a series of colonies gaining independence.

*) Due to the war, European nations started the process that would ultimately lead to the creation of the EU.

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

the obvious one is that it led to the Cold War because the Soviet Union was given de facto control over the Iron Curtain countries and East Berlin.

The demilitarization of Germany and Japan

It thrust the US as the leading military and industrial power and a global nation whereas before we had tried to be isolationist

Answer 6

The advent of the Human Rights movement.

Answer 7

It reinstilled the values of patriotism into the American society.
And it brought an end to the Great Depression.

Answer 8

Ended the Nazi Regime and spread awareness regarding race relations and human equality.

Answer 9

began the US-USSR Cold War that finally ended in 1988 with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet Union......

Answer 10

Women began working outside the home
Germany was split in half to be half communist and half democratic.
The GI Bill encouraged more adults to continue their college educations.